Lake Allatoona | Weekly Crappie Fishing Report | January 3rd 2025

Air Temp: High: 70 - Low: 28

Wind: Up to 25 Mph Gusts

Lake Level: Approx. 828.47' and Falling (Click Here For Current Water Level)

Water Temp: 46 - 48

Water Clarity: Stained to Muddy (North End Muddy, Mid Lake Stain to Heavy Stain)

Area Fished: Blockhouse Area, Little River, S-Turns, Victoria & Kellogg/Owl Creek

Jigs Used: 'Lectric Chicken - Small Fry, Cajun Chicken - Slab Dragon, Lemonade - Slab Dragon and Black & Blue - Slab Dragon and and Black & Chartreuse - Kic'n Chic'n

Technique: Trolling

Allatoona Weekly Crappie Fishing Report

Happy New Year! We hope everyone was blessed over the holiday season and is ready for some awesome crappie fishing on Lake Allatoona in 2025! The first week of 2025 was tough and there ain't no two ways about it. The heavy rains hit us again last weekend and raised the lake level up to 831 feet! When we get a large amount of rain in such a short period of time the lake gets muddy as well as a lot of trash. This abrupt change in water level and clarity does adversely affect the fishing. Anywhere there is run off on the lake is where the trash and sediment comes from and it makes its way into the main lake and makes for a few tough days. With that said, we got out on Monday in the morning and managed to find a few roaming slabs, one of those was a 1.7 lb Black Crappie. It was tough sledding as we covered a lot of water from the mouth of the creek all the way back to the shallow end of the creek. Our crappie were all roaming in 7'-10' of water. We caught them trolling from .7mph to 1.1 mph on 1/24th oz. underspins. Tuesday & Wednesday the high winds kicked up but on Thursday the wind was not bad and we got out on the water again in the afternoon for a few hours. We managed 12 crappie and 5 spotted bass. Same pattern, we found roaming crappie and some small schools in 8'-12' of water and caught them using a combination of 1/24th oz. jig heads and 1/24th oz. underspins trolling at .7 to .9 mph. By Friday the wind was back to gusting upwards to 25 mph. Muddy water and lots of wind made it tough this week. Next week's weather is not looking much better as a major cold front is going to be on top of us. Hopefully we can still get out a couple of days and find some cold water crappie to report on! Lord willing we will have another report for you next week. Be sure to check out the archives for January 2024 and see what we were doing this time last year!

Make sure to download the Red Rooster Long Line Trolling Guide for tips on how to troll for Allatoona Crappie.

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The new creation is described in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” The word “therefore” refers us back to verses 14-16 where Paul tells us that all believers have died with Christ and no longer live for themselves. Our lives are no longer worldly; they are now spiritual. Our “death” is that of the old sin nature which was nailed to the cross with Christ. It was buried with Him, and just as He was raised up by the Father, so are we raised up to “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). That new person that was raised up is what Paul refers to in 2 Corinthians 5:17 as the “new creation.” Courtesy of gotquestions.org.

Robbie showing off a muddy Allatoona crappie caught on a 'Lectric Chicken Small Fry

Larry with a big 1.7 lb Black Crappie caught on a Red Rooster Talon 2.0

Another nice Allatoona Black Crappie caught on the Red Rooster Talon 2.0

Muddy water crappie caught on Red Rooster Kic'n Chic'n in the Sour Grape color

Another good muddy water Allatoona crappie caught on a Red Rooster Kic'n Chic'n!

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